Description
In pam/gkr-pam-module.c in GNOME Keyring before 3.27.2, the user's password is kept in a session-child process spawned from the LightDM daemon. This can expose the credential in cleartext.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2018-13324 | In pam/gkr-pam-module.c in GNOME Keyring before 3.27.2, the user's password is kept in a session-child process spawned from the LightDM daemon. This can expose the credential in cleartext. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3894-1 | GNOME Keyring vulnerability |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T12:12:28.478Z
Reserved: 2019-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2018-20781
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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-02-12T17:29:00.243
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:02:09.617
Link: CVE-2018-20781
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Ubuntu USN